Self-sealing moth-bag.



No. 720,461. PATBNTED H1310, 190s.

S. L. MOMILLAN. SELF SEALING MOTH BAG.

APPLICATION FIVLED AUG. 173I 1902.

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4'mi Novnms PETER? UNITED STATES PATENT* OFFICE.

ySOPHIA LOUISA MOMILLAN, OF WINNIPEG, CANADA.

SELF-SEALING MoTH-BAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 720,461, dated February10, 1903.

l 'Application led August13,1902. Serial No. 119,531. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, SOPHIA LoUIsA Mo- MILLAN, a subject of the King ofGreat Britain, and a resident of Winnipeg, inthe Province of Manitobaand Dominion of Canada,

have invented a new and Improved Self-Sealing Moth-Bag, of which thefollowing is a full,

destruction or damage du ring certain seasons of the year.

I will describe a bag embodying my invention and then point out thenovel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specication, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorrespondingparts in all the figures.

Figure lis a side elevation of a bag embodying my invention. Fig. l2 isa longitudinal section thereof. Fig. 3 illustrates the bag as open; andFig. 4 is a section on the line x. of Fig. l, but drawn on a largerscale.

The bag 1 consists of a waterproof material- -such,'for instance,asrubber or oil-cloth. The mouth sections or portions of the bag areprovided vwith jaws 2 3, these jaws consisting each of a strip ofmaterial folded upon itself and engaging the material of the bag betweenthe folds, the jawsbeing pivotally connected together, as indicated at4. The jaws are provided with suitable fastening devices, which are hereshown in the form of lugs 5 6, designed to interlock one with another.

Attached toone side member of the mouth of the bag is a guard-strip 7.This guardstrip consists of a strip of metal folded upon itself andembracing the edge of the material depending fromY the jaw member 2,there be- 3 will engage with its inner edge closely against the guard,thus preventing the entrance of moths, dust, or the like.

Suspended within the bag is a hanger 8, upon which clothing may be hung.This hanger S isattached to a rod 9,passing through the jaw member 2 andhaving a hook 10 at its outer end for engaging with a nail or otherdevice when it is desired to suspend the bag, thus placing it out of thereach of mice and rats.

VThe bag obviously may be made of any desired size, and while I .haveshown it as substantially rectangular it may be otherwise shaped withoutdeparting from the spirit of `my invention.

Having thus ldescribed my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patentl. A bag, two pivoted jaw members connected with theoutlet ends of the bag, and a guard-strip arranged adjacent to one ofthe jaw members.

2. A bag, pivotedjaw members attached tothe bag, a rod extended throughone of the jaw members, a hanger attached to the inner end of said rod,and a hook on the outer end of said rod.

.Y 3. A bag, pivoted jaw members connected thereto, a guard-stripattached to one side of' the bag below one of said jaw members, a rodextended through one of the jaw members,

Vand a hanger attached to the inner end of said rod.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses. ,A

SOPHIA LOUISA MCMILLAN.

Witnesses: Y

. P. E. MAOKENZIE,

W. W.' MCMILLAN.

